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Vesterinen, Pirjo; Grohn, Inga-Leena – 1982
This report presents an evaluation of the usefulness of videotex for technical information services which is based on studies of a number of videotex systems operating in several countries, and a description of the structure and content of a database which has been introduced into the Finnish videotex system, Telset, by the Technical Information…
Descriptors: Databases, Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
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This document presents two papers given at a 1996 conference on children's mental health. The first paper is "New Approaches to Evaluating Systems" by Heather B. Weiss. This paper discusses the need for evaluations of systems change through the development and use of evaluation databases of both comprehensive programs and system reform efforts. It…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Children, Databases
Meredith, Joseph C. – 1975
A selective dissemination service (SRIM) of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) features semimonthly dissemination of microfiche copies of documents newly added to the NTIS collection, on the basis of interest profiles. The service was used to test a university subsystem wherein a number of individual profiles were combined and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, College Libraries, Databases
Schumacher, Sally; Cauley, Kathleen – 1990
This case study identifies valid indicators of teacher education program quality selected from: (1) 15 interviews of purposefully sampled faculty members and all administrators of a teacher education program at an urban university, obtained with a 12-page interview guide and 5 written prompts; and (2) an analysis of scales of self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Databases, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedFleischman, John A.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
Issues that arose in attempting to survey people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are described. Questions of confidentiality, nonimplementation, and slow accrual of information are considered for an initial sample of 2,731 cases. Comparison with a database concerning 1,313 clinic clients indicates overrepresentation of compliant…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Confidentiality, Databases
Wasman, Marcy – 1985
The evaluation report examines the Dade-Monroe Multiagency Network for Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) Students, a 3-year regional (Florida) project to improve education, mental health treatment, and residential services for this population. The program's main components--a regional case management system, a computerized information system,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Farley, Tania Huff, Comp. – 1996
This monograph presents the proceedings of two symposia on assistive technology for people with disabilities in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Following an overview, Sections 1 and 2 contain the presentations and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitude Change, Change Strategies
Hoachlander, E. Gareth; And Others – 1992
In September 1990, the Commission on Work Force Excellence was established to increase Mississippi's economic competitiveness and improve worker opportunities. The commission sponsored an evaluation of the diverse enterprise of the state's secondary and postsecondary vocational education system. Eight findings resulted from the study. First, the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Coordination
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The issues, options, and procedures for annually measuring overall payment error in the Pell Grant program are specified in detail. Guidelines for establishing a definition of Pell Grant payment error are provided, and the design issues related to error measurement are examined. A comparison is made of options for selecting a study sample and for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Costs, Data Collection
Veale, James R. – 1993
The School-based Youth Services Program (SBYSP) provides a one-stop location or center accessible to teens within or close to the public school. It is designed to help at-risk students by coordinating services between the community and the school, with the goal of keeping students in school and helping them gain skills that lead to employment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Case Studies, Community Services
